29-10-2022, 10:11 PM
(28-10-2022, 10:15 PM)Hermes777 wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.There are several lineages in European alchemy (to this day.) The "black earth" is primarily associated with the so-called Mutus Liber lineage which is concerned with Materia Prima. This is a quite distinct tradition from herbal alchemy (Paracelsean) and metallic alchemy. It is still a school of practical laboratory alchemy among fringe enthusiasts in Central Europe. This is the type of alchemy that tries to extract the Material Prima from the gross exudates of nature; manures, humus, dew etc. It doesn't usually use herbs or metals. It is agricultural.I think you are not right. Mutus liber is not the first. And it even doesn't contain text, only images, thus it can't be a good example.
So I would be surprised to find the Voynich MS. labelled with the words 'Black Earth' or similar, because it is clearly a text of herbal alchemy, or more accurately proto-Paracelsean, and does not seem to belong in that other stream of European alchemical thinking.
I will write later about my view in relation to that possible word combination. Maybe, it will be a post in my blog, as I think it would be better to bring my thought to a logical conclusion consistently and fully.
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